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How Starting a Blog Might Get You Into College

How do you make an admissions officer believe you? This, in my opinion, is the central challenge of college applications. You probably believe you’re smart enough, hard-working enough, and talented enough to get into the schools you’re applying to, and your job is to convince the application reader that you

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Why Colleges Are Going Test Optional and What It Means for Your Application

 On June 12th, Yale announced a test-optional policy for the 2020-2021 admissions cycle. This comes following the CollegeBoard’s announcement on June 2nd that they would not be offering the SAT online for the foreseeable future “because taking it would require three hours of uninterrupted, video-quality internet for each student, which

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The Art of a Great First Sentence

“Dear Human, I’m sixty percent banana.” This sentence began an essay that helped me get into Stanford. “Bonus points for anyone who kicks the ceiling” began one for my Yale supplement. Short and sweet sentences like this can be effective ways to draw in a reader at the beginning of

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What You Need to Know About Test-Optional Colleges

More Elite Schools Are Becoming Test Optional A growing number of schools are becoming test optional. In a statement published on its website, Cornell University announced that it won’t require SAT or ACT exams for applicants to its Class of 2025. Cornell also expressed concerns about the new possible online

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How To Write The Princeton University Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

Welcome to the Princeton supplemental essays! Princeton University divides its numerous supplemental short answer and essay questions into “Activities,” “Summers,” “A Few Details” (they actually want nine details, which, in my book is more than a few), and “Essay: Your Voice.” This last section provides four different prompts you can

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How To Write The Dartmouth College Supplemental Essays (2019-2020)

***Interested in reading our Dartmouth College supplemental essay guide for the 2020-2021 application cycle? Click here! https://www.hceducationconsulting.com/post/how-to-write-the-dartmouth-college-supplemental-essays*** Welcome to the Dartmouth College supplemental essay prompts for the 2019-2020 application cycle! Here’s everything you need to know. (You can refer to the Dartmouth College website if you want to see how

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